Today I had a discussion about what is skill in Magic, what is the most skill-intense format and we came to the conclusion that most formats suck, and only Mirrormatches really excell in skill-requirement to win.

Therefore, I had the idea to start a tournament or two where everyone plays the same deck. Mirrormatches have a 50% matchup, so skill is one of the most deciding factors.

Would you be interested in this format?

I can imagine to play mirrormatches of the same 75 cards, where the host(me) decides for some deck, probably some midrange of controldeck and then players play it out to find out who's the best.

I will run an event of this format this Sunday in the evening (2 PM EST, 8 PM CET) - Players will run this deck:

The RUG delver mirror is the most skill-testing magic I have ever played in my life. However, it still would have the same sample-size issue as anything else -- the best player will rarely win any given tournament regardless of the format, but they should expect to do the best in the long run.

derflippi wrote:

Mirrormatches have a 50% matchup, so skill is one of the most deciding factors.

This is just wrong imho. If the skill gap is huge, that can be the most deciding factor. If the skill gap is medium/small, who plays first or who draws more [best card in the matchup] is WAAAAY more important than who is a slightly better player.

Yes i think this would be a pointless exercise unless you played vs person who played that deck and were experienced with it even if its a format there experienced in (I've played quite a lot of jund, living end and quite recently tron, how ever i'm terrible at twin, i've tried but its just not a deck i enjoy playing or have had a lot of success with)

then some mirrors are very luck dependent game one, or the game compleatly changes game 2- e.g jund mirrors is all about doing more with the resources you have and most of the time decends in to topdeck wars where as the living end is all about filling your graveyard quicker than your opponent all while trying to get them to cascade

this would be better if you used brews as using decks that are online would taint the results as I assume people want legit testing here. And about your "best format" idea the answer is simple. Draft wins hands down more skill involved than anything because you are constantly reapplying ur craft not just new decking a deck offline and learning it.

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